Gen 49:5-7, Psa 1:1-2, 26:4-5, 94:20-21, Pro 4:14-15, 9:6, Jer 15:17, Eph 5:7 | ESV | STEP | Simeon and Levi are brothers ; weapons of violence are their swords .

Genesis 49:5-7

5 ^a“Simeon and Levi are brothers;
weapons ^bof violence are their swords.
6 Let my soul come not into their council;
^cO my glory, ^dbe not joined to their company.
For in their anger they killed men,
and in their willfulness they ^ehamstrung oxen.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce,
and their wrath, for it is cruel!
I will ^fdivide them in Jacob
and scatter them in Israel.

Psalms 1:1-2

The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked

1 Blessed is the man ^{▼▼The singular Hebrew word for man (ish) is used here to portray a representative example of a godly person; see Preface}
who ^hwalks not in ⁱthe counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in ^jthe way of sinners,
nor ^ksits in ^lthe seat of ^mscoffers;
2 but his ⁿdelight is in the law ^{▼▼Or instruction} of the Lord,
and on his ^plaw he meditates day and night.

Psalms 26:4-5

4 I do not ^qsit with men of ^rfalsehood,
nor do I consort with hypocrites.
5 I ^shate the assembly of evildoers,
and I will not sit with the wicked.

Psalms 94:20-21

20 Can ^twicked rulers be allied with you,
those who frame injustice by ^ustatute?
21 They ^vband together against the life of the righteous
and condemn ^wthe innocent to death. ^{▼▼Hebrew condemn innocent blood}

Proverbs 4:14-15

14 ^yDo not enter the path of the wicked,
and do not walk in the way of the evil.
15 Avoid it; do not go on it;
turn away from it and pass on.

Proverbs 9:6

6 Leave ^zyour simple ways, ^{▼▼Or Leave the company of the simple} and ^ablive,
^acand walk in the way of insight.”

Jeremiah 15:17

17 ^adI did not sit in the company of revelers,
nor did I rejoice;
^aeI sat alone, because your hand was upon me,
for you had filled me with indignation.

Ephesians 5:7

7 Therefore ^afdo not become partners with them;